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The energy is ⚡electric ⚡ at today’s SIGN Rare Earths & Magnets Conference hosted at the Mercedes-Benz Musuem!
Today's voices from the value chain:
🏭 Alexander Barcza (Vacuumschmelze) showed how his team built a rare earth magnet factory in just 18 months — in South Carolina. His takeaway: Europe has the know-how; now the urgency is needed.
💰 Oliver Gutfleisch (TU Darmstadt) unveiled breakthroughs in manganese-, aluminum-, and iron nitride-based magnets and educating the next generation of materials engineers.
🚗 Michael Southcott (S&P Global) dropped the big picture: Europe will need 21 million EV traction motors annually by 2037, corresponding up to 500% demand increase for Nd. The time to scale domestic capacity is now.
Our ecosystem in action:
🔬 Co-organized with the Horizon Europe PASSENGER project, which is accelerating research into industrial reality—bringing breakthrough magnet technologies directly to Wilo SE (pumping systems) and Stellantis (automotive applications)
🔄 Five CRM4EU projects — MAGELLAN Project EU, REEsilience, GREENE Project, Harmony Project EU, and REEPRODUCE — are connecting the full chain from mining to recycling.
📈 Industry leaders like Mercedes-Benz AG, Stellantis, WILO, ILPEA, and Kolektor are moving alternative magnet tech from lab to pilot to market.
🇪🇺 DG Grow, DG Trade, and DG INTPA are aligning policy, investment, and partnerships to make it all happen. EU Strategic Projects in Rare Earths progressing: Mkango Resources Ltd., Caremag, LKAB, ITELYUM.
SIGNs (Strategic Impact Group Networks) unites the entire ecosystem, from miners to OEMs, from researchers to policymakers, to build Europe’s rare earths and magnet strategy, together.
The focus: practical delivery. Creating a level playing field. Securing offtake commitments. Unlocking public-private financing. 🧲
More highlights coming up tomorrow!
More on SIGNS: https://lnkd.in/gnq9Fzvk
#SIGNS #RareEarthElements #MagnetSupplyChain #Innovation #Collaboration #EITRawMaterials #CircularEconomy #EuropeanIndustry
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